Waiters and Waitresses Salary in Las Cruces, NM

Waiters and Waitresses pay range in Las Cruces

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $26,490 a year or less, while the top 10% make $64,750 or more. The middle half of waiters and waitresses in Las Cruces earn between $28,170 and $59,430.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Waiters and Waitresses salary after taxes in Las Cruces

On the average salary of $43,760, a single filer in Las Cruces takes home about $36,427 a year, or $3,036 a month and $1,401 every two weeks. Taxes take 17% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

Is Las Cruces a good place for waiters and waitresses? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Las Cruces area are 10% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 90.2), so the average $43,760 buys what about $48,508 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.9 times the median wage of all jobs in Las Cruces ($42,070). A typical home costs $288,339, or 6.6 years of this average salary before tax.

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Waiters and Waitresses salary in other New Mexico cities

Las Cruces ranks 3rd of 4 New Mexico metro areas for this job; Santa Fe pays the most ($49,990).

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Highest-paying cities for waiters and waitresses

Kahului, HI pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($87,210).

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Related jobs in Las Cruces

• Bartenders$39,870 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$28,700 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$64,430 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$42,690 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$36,070 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$32,770 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$32,590 a year
• Dishwashers$30,760 a year

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